Quercus laevis
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 8A 8B 9A 9B
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Turkey Oak
Fagaceae
Plant Specifics
| Size: | 30-40 ft tall by 10-15 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Phenology: | Deciduous. Blooms in spring. Acorns ripe the second fall. Red fall color. Life span - 100+ years. | |
| Habitats: | Sandhill, scrub, scrubby sandhill. Increases in sandhill where long leaf pines were removed and where burns are restricted to winter. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Specimen or shade tree. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| Moisture Tolerance: | Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
Used by woodpeckers and wild turkey
Valued by squirrels and other mammals including white tailed deer
Used by birds for resting and nesting
Larval host plant forHorace's duskywing (Erynnis horatius), red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) and white-M hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album) butterflies)